NN
By
David
PAGE ONE
PANEL 1
EXT. FOREST-EVENING- Deep within the forest on a partially rainy evening and from the distance you can see horses pulling a wagon on a long trail.
CAPTION
Men may fight their destination but at end cease and sail or are dragged to the unknown… That also applied to the Smithe family.
Panel 2
Ext. Forest- the wagon slowly cruises with ease as its reins are manned by a scruffy looking man named BOWEN with his shaggy hair covering his eyes.
Notes: sound effect of horses trotting through the trail with ease.
Panel 3
Int. WAGON- NN is sitting and staring out the window with his palm on his chin as two children KEITH and KATIE are playing in the same seat next to him.
Panel 4
MR.SMITHE stares at NN, and next to him, MS.SMITHE is knitting just out of view.
Panel 5
MR.SMITHE
Is this your first time in a wagon, boy?
Panel 6
NN looks at Mr Smithe and an amulet under NN’s shirt pokes out from the collar bone area and shows a piece of its green gem.
NN
I’ve never seen one before.
PAGE TWO
Panel 1
Mr Smith places his hand on his stomach & leans his head back and gives out a great big laugh.
MR.SMITHE
Ha! You’ve been saying that since we left!
Panel 2
Ms Smithe glares at Mr Smithe
Panel 3
Mr Smithe coughs and clears his throat.
MR.SMITHE
Well, we’re almost near Albon. You’ll love it there. It's where our new home will be.
Panel 4
Keith and Katie’s eyes light up and they smile.
Keith
Can No Name join us!
Panel 5
Katie frowns and bumps her brother and Keith turns to her.
Kaite
Keith! He has a name!
Keith
Well if he remembered it, I would call him it!
MR.SMITHE
That’s up to NN. Only if he wants to.
Panel 6
NN begins thinking “that’s what he told me when he said the word adopted and I didn’t know what that meant either.” as they hit a bump and NN’s amulet pops over his shirt.
Page 2
Panel 1
EXT. WAGON- The wagon slows down.
Panel 2
Ms Smithe looks up and seems to be the only one who notices. And as she speaks Mr Smithe happens to glance down.
MS SMITHE
Uh…Honey.
MR SMITHE
Wow! Where did you find that!
Panel 2
[Zooms in on the amulet] and show the strange markings around its big green gemstone.
NN
Huh?
Panel 3
NN glances down as Ms Smithe grow worried.
NN
I don’t know.
MS.SMITHE
….Honey…
Panel 4
Keith, Katie and Mr Smith lean in to get a better look in awe.
Keith
It’s huge!
Panel 5
Keith’s face suddenly shifts and his body is flying to the window before Mr Smithe catches him.
SFX
BLAM!
Note this is from the impact of a fireball blast hit from outside the wagon.
Panel 6
Ext-wagon- The wagon nearly tips over with Bowen on it because of a fireball his and the side of the wagon is smoking with a fire blast burnt mark on it.
AUTHORS WORDS:
The fire blast came from bandits who are about to swarm the wagon to kill them all and take their belonging. One of them sees NN’s amulet and finds a new passion to steal that light a fire in his spirit.
After they escape they make it to the city of Albon where after a days rest the father tells NN he’s going to have to learn to live for himself and grow up faster than Keith and Katie. He tells him to go out into the city and when he comes back to tell him what he discovers.
NN comes back with a part-time job and a seal from the city’s army meaning NN has signed up to become a soldier. After a small-time skip, NN comes home after a year 2 years and he has become the general’s apprentice unofficially and is making a name for himself and visits the Smithe family home and take his amulet off to wrestle.
As he admires the family and feels joy they are killed in one fell swoop move by a demon as it lands, walks up to kill NN and before it impales NN he is teleported to another region and doesn’t know how. This is where he meets a young girl named Oz who helps bring him back home to see half the city charred to the ground and knows the demon won’t stop until he’s dead.